Stopper and pour-out for bottles



L. H. THOMAS. STOPPER AND POUR-OUT FOB. BOTTLES.

No. 599,460. Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

u w O. n W L o I 0 9 n P 0 c s R E 1 NITED Sra'rns LEVI H. TI-IOIWIAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOPPER AND POUR-OUT IFOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,460, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed June 3,1 8 9 6.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI II. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Stopper and Pour-Out, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved stopper and pour-out for bottles and other liquidcontaining vessels.

The object of my invention is to provide an air-tight stopper which is perfectly secure and protected from damage, but which may easily be opened and when once opened be temporarily closed by a cap.

My improved stopperis an efficacious pourout device, and it also presents an attractive appearance, a decided advantage for many reasons.

My improved stopper has two parts-a metal cap and a stopper proper, which is preferably made of rubber, but may be made of any other suitable material. The cap should be made of a bright metal or be plated in order to have the attractive appearance mentioned; but it may be made of any material as, for instance, wood or papier-mache'.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the stopper proper. Fig. 2 is a like view of the cap. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the center of the stopper proper. Fig. 4 is a like view of the cap. Fig. 5 is a side view of the stopper proper after its top has been cut away, as hereinafter explained. Fig. 6 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 7 is a sectional View of the top of a bottle provided with my stopper and with the cap on.

The rubber stopper proper, Figs. 1 and 3, is made of one piece and is substantially a thimble with the lower half A much thickened. WVhen it is desired to close the mouth of a bottle for shipping purposes or otherwise, the stopper is forced into the mouth of the bottle until the rim Bis flush with the top of the bottle, so as to make an air-tight plug. By forcing the stopper into the mouth of the bottle the lower half of the opening is made materially smaller, so that when the top is cut off, as hereinafter stated, the use of the stopper as a pour-out is thereby made eifective, since the outer portion of the opening is larger than the inner and the contents are thus allowed to escape freely. The thinner portion 0 of the stopper proper then pro- Serial No. 594,116. (No model.)

jects above the top of the nozzle of the bottle and may be protected by the cap, Figs. 2 and 4. The metal cap, Figs. 2 and 4., is preferably thin and shaped to fit closely over the upper and projecting part of the rubber stop per proper. Its edge maybe flanged outward, as shown in the drawings. This metal cap abundantly protects the thin projecting part of the rubber stopper proper, so that there is no danger of the contents of the bottle being exposed or spilled before the bottle is opened. It is, however, not necessary to cover the stopper proper with the cap except for additional protection. To open the bottle, the cap is taken off and the extreme top of the rubber stopper removed by cutting with a knife or scissors, leaving the nipple D, Fig. 5.

The rubber stopper should be of such a size that when forced into the mouth of the bottle it will remain permanently in place, and when the top has been cut away the stopper becomes a pour-out projecting from the mouth of the bottle. To close the opening made by cutting away the top of the rubber stopper, the cap is pushed down over the nipple or projecting part of the rubber stopper, which it fits closely, so that the atmosphere cannot reach the contents of the bottle. The device thus serves the purpose of a temporary service-stopper, protecting the liquid from the air, but which is readily opened for use, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bottle-stopper, comprising a ring A of rubber or other yielding material, adapted to fit Within the mouth of a bottle to compress the lower portion of the escape-passage, and having a top edge adapted to rest flush with the top edge of the bottle-neck, and a tubular extension of less diameter than the ring A closed at its outer end and projecting above the top edge of the bottle-neck to serve as a pour-out, when its top is removed, in combination with the cap fitting over the pour-out tube.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 2d day of June, A. D. 1896.

LEVI H. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. SrE'rsoN,

HERMAN G'Usrow. 

